Legal basis: Measures for the Implementation of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 2 The State implements the policy of giving priority to the prevention of infectious diseases. When making social and economic development plans, governments at all levels must incorporate the prevention and control objectives of infectious diseases and organize relevant departments to jointly implement them.
Article 3 The health administrative departments of governments at all levels shall exercise unified supervision and management over the prevention and control of infectious diseases.
The health authorities of other relevant departments entrusted by the health administrative department of the State Council shall exercise the functions and powers listed in the first paragraph of Article 32 of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases within this system.
The prevention and control of infectious diseases in the army shall be supervised and managed by the competent health department of China People's Liberation Army in accordance with the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, these Measures and other relevant provisions of the state.
Article 5 The responsibilities and scope of various medical and health institutions at all levels in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases shall be determined by the health administrative department of the local government.